First broadcast 8th/15th/22nd October 1992.<br /><br />A research scientist is murdered by an unknown assailant but it soon becomes clear that she is another victim of a serial rapist - 'The Mechanic'.<br /><br />Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart<br />James MacPherson - DS Mike Jardine<br />Blythe Duff - DC Jackie Reid<br />Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie<br />Anthony Cochrane - Dr. Colin Crawford (as Tony Cochrane)<br />Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart<br />Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews<br />Sara Stewart - Alison Bain<br />Sandy Welch - Alistair Hogg<br />David Lyon - Maurice Newman<br />John Bluthal - Albert Newman<br />David Herlihy - Jamie O'Hare<br />Billy Hartman - Barry Richards<br />Paul Sykes - Eddie Richards<br />Lindy Whiteford - Marjorie Richards<br />Sian Thomas - Martine Evans<br />Gordon Reid - Ewan Morrison<br />Fenella Kerr - Frances Gibb<br />Maureen Allan - Sheila Crosshill<br />Jonathan Battersby - Roger Stalker<br />Fiona Francis - Julie Smith<br />Anne Downie - Bella Smith<br />Mark Markham - Peter Brenton<br />Lewis Howden - DC Anderson<br />Laurie Ventry - Russell Bryce<br />Iris Russell - Rachel Newman<br />Raymond Tulips - David Newman<br />Doreen Cameron - Councillor Agnes Davidson<br />Jackie Farrell - Driver<br />Stevie Hannan - Driver's Mate<br />Chris Connor - Re-possessor (as Christopher Connor)<br />Geoff Brown - Reporter<br />Alan Tall - Tom Harrison<br />Jim Gibb - Priest<br />Paul Riley - Student at Garage<br />John O'Toole - Declan O'Hare<br />Mark Mulholland - Mr. O'Hare<br />Simon Donald - Prof. Eric Cunningham<br />John Strange - Gary<br />Geoff Brown - Scotland Today Reporter
